Florida Governor Turns 60 Saturday

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL - MAY 18: Florida Governor Rick Scott speaks during the Governorâs Hurricane Conference General Session at the Broward County Convention Center on May 18, 2011 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.The conference was established to focus on the challenges caused by hurricanes and tropical events unique to Florida. Hurricane season in the Atlantic begins June 1st and ends November 30th (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Scott, one of the oldest governor’s in Florida history, turns 60 Saturday.

Aside from former Gov. Lawton Chiles, who was elected at 60, Scott is the oldest governor to be elected since Henry Laurens Mitchell in the late 19th century. Mitchell, who was Florida’s 16th governor, left office in 1897 at age 65. Chiles was 68 when he died at the end of his second term in 1998.

Buddy MacKay, who served the final three weeks of Chiles’ term was 65 as was Wayne Mixson, who served three days as governor in 1987 to allow Bob Graham to start his U.S. Senate career early for seniority purposes.